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Dec 4, 2017 at 4:28 PMDec 4, 2017 at 5:34 PM

John Furr, 19, of Braintree admitted to stopping on the way to a friends house to look into a window with a light on, and then running through people's yards while attempting to evade arrest. He was previously arrested for allegedly photographing nude women in dressing rooms at South Shore Plaza in February.

ABINGTON – A Braintree man was arrested in Abington early Sunday morning after triggering a manhunt when he was spotted allegedly peeping in the windows of other people’s homes.

Officers received reports from West Chapel Street that a suspicious individual was seen lurking around homes in the neighborhood before fleeing in a silver car.

Soon after, officers located a vehicle matching the description suspiciously parked between two houses, even though there was ample room to park in front of both properties, the police report read.

The vehicle’s hood was warm to the touch, and the original caller was able to identify it as the same car he saw leaving West Chapel Street. None of the nearby residents knew who owned the car when questioned, the report said.

Officers observed documents that bearing the name John Furr on the back seat of the car, and a query of the license plate returned a Braintree address. A woman reached at that location told police Furr, 19, was her son and that the car belonged to him but was registered in her name. She was unsure where her son was at the time.

Police noted that Furr had become known to them through past peeping incidents in town, according to the report. They requested a K-9 unit to assist in tracking him.

A state police K-9 was able to track a scent from the car to a nearby vacant home, and a woman who lives at another house on the street approached officers to report a similar incident on her own property in which she saw a small light flick on and off.

About an hour later, another West Chapel Street resident reported seeing a tall man in a dark hooded sweatshirt exit a neighbor’s yard. Police continued to search and soon after learned that Furr was on probation and wearing a tracking bracelet.

The bracelet indicated that Furr was in a mulched area near another Everett Street residence. Officers located him hiding in the bushes and placed him under arrest.

A pat search uncovered several glassine bags, some filled with a leafy substance believed to be marijuana, and a digital scale. More suspected marijuana was discovered in the car.

He was charged with four counts of disturbing the peace and one count of drug possession with intent to distribute. He ordered held without bail for violating his probation.

Furr admitted to stopping on the way to a friend’s house to look into a window with a light on, and then running through people’s yards while attempting to evade arrest, court documents show.

Furr was arraigned Monday morning in Brockton district court, where he was ordered held pending his next appearance on Jan. 3.

Furr was previously arrested last year and charged with photographing an unsuspecting nude person, accosting a person of the opposite sex and disorderly conduct at Ardene, the store he worked at in South Shore Plaza, in February after being accused of slipping a phone under dressing room doors to take photos.

He was also facing peeping charges in Abington at the time.

Abington Police Chief David Majenski did not respond to requests for comment on the incident.